According to data from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, only 2 percent of the 3.7 lakh candidates registered on the portal have actually got employment. Apart from this, around 69 lakh migrant workers had registered on the portal, but only 1.49 lakh people were offered jobs. However, only 7,700 could start work.
New Delhi. A government portal that was launched by Modi Government last month. Over 7 lakh people registered on it. However, only 691 people got jobs from this platform between August 14 and August 21. Over 69 lakh persons have been registered in the last 40 days on the ASEEM portal (Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping Portal) launched on 11 July by the Center.
The Indian Express reported in a report that according to data from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, only 2 percent of the 3.7 lakh candidates registered on the portal have actually got employment. Apart from this, around 69 lakh migrant workers had registered on the portal, but only 1.49 lakh people were offered jobs. However, only 7,700 could start work.
Portal not just for migrant workers
The ministry said that the portal is not just for migrant workers. The list includes self-employed tailors, electricians, field-technicians, sewing machine operators, courier delivery workers, nurses, accounts workers, manual cleaners and sales associates.
According to the data, there is a shortage of labor in states like Karnataka, Delhi, Haryana, Telangana and Tamil Nadu, as a large number of migrant workers migrated from here during the lockdown.
7 days, the number of job seekers increased by 80% and less than 10% of the job seekers
work among migrant workers Demand has increased by 80 percent in just one week (during August 14 to 21, their number has gone up from 2.97 lakh to 3.78 lakh.) However, there has been a growth of only 9.87 percent in employment to them (during this period The number of people getting employment ranged from 7,009 to 7,700). In the week ending 21 August, the number of people registered on the portal has also increased by 11.98 percent and it has increased from 61.67 lakh to 69 lakh.
